Friday, March 04, 2016

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT THE UNTHINKABLE WOULDN’T HAPPEN………IT HAPPENED:((

An 8 a.m. phone call this morning brought our whole house deal crashing down around us. The buyers backed out. Needless to say Kelly & I were in a state of disbelief, anger, disappointment & frustration. The folks left yesterday afternoon with smiles & handshakes & what happened between them between that time & this morning we can only guess at but we do know ours was the 3rd house deal they backed out of recently with the first 2 being in Kingman Arizona. I’m guessing they are having a hard time deciding on what they really want to do with their lives & for the most part I can understand that. Kelly & I have been in that same frame of mind as well a few times over the years. Barb loved the house & property & wanted it but we could tell Dave was more reserved on their visit Thursday. He did tell me the first time we met he preferred to continue their RV travelling lifestyle & Barb not so much so who knows. No matter……it is what it is & today has been a very emotionally draining day for us…………….

GROANER’S CORNER:(( A Brit, a Frenchman and a Russian are viewing a painting of Adam and Eve frolicking nude in the Garden of Eden. "Look at their reserve, their calm," muses the Brit. "They must be British." "Nonsense," the Frenchman disagrees. "They're naked, and so beautiful. Clearly, they are French." "No clothes, no shelter," the Russian points out, "they have only an apple to eat, and they're being told this is paradise. They are definitely Russian."

35 comments:

So sorry for you frustration! Sounds like it's more their problem than yours. Hope one of you other interested parties comes through. Last house we sold the buyer's lawyer called ours on the day of closing and demanded an extra $5000, saying the floor was damaged. The deal was signed at that point, so we didn't give in. Five lawyer consultations later, at quarter to five, the buyer finally gave up and we got our money!

Everything was legally in writing with the title company & the only papers left to sign were the closing title papers. I wouldn't go as far as to call our frustration & disappointment as being 'bent out of shape'.

I know how you must be feeling, but you can also look at it optimistically. They weren't the right buyers for your beautiful property, and someone else will come along who will be thrilled with it and everything will go smoothly.

Oh, Al! I am so sorry to read this! Can only imagine how wronged you are feeling. Rightfully so. We don't know what happened with that couple, but too bad they didn't take care of their world BEFORE they came in and crashed yours. Your house is such a beautiful, unique one that surely someone else will come along and be glad to have it. It is so perfect for any couple that is looking to get out of the snow, cold, etc. Meanwhile, please try not to be too downhearted. This, too, shall pass, and maybe for the better. At least you know you aren't carrying this disappointment alone. Lots of shoulders here.

We feel your pain. Had the same thing happen with our house when we started fulltiming. Getting to keep their deposit didn't really ease the feelings of disappointment. Another buyer finally came along, but we didn't get our hopes up so much the second time until those final closing papers were signed!Best of luck.

In the past 4 1/2 years we sold two homes, spending our winters in our condo which use to be rental property for us. In both sales the anxiety leading up to the final closing was real high...dealing with inspections, with loans going through, etc. Hopefully another deal will come along fast and this will just be a memory. Good luck to you both. Dave (GoingRvWay.com)

I hope you get another buyer soon and are able to move past this. We're in process of buying a home here and I just hold my breath that the seller doesn't back out... Maybe we'll both hear the Fat Lady Sing soon....

Oh man, what a disappointment. Kelly, be careful you don't get too run down. I worry more about your health than selling. Your house is beautiful. Keep going as if it is sold because it won't be too long.

I hate hearing this news. I know how stressful buying and selling a house can be, let alone preparing for your trip back north. Over the many years I have existed I have come to the conclusion things work out when they are meant to work out. It's a great house, property and price ... I think it still sells before you leave AZ. Hang in there.

Well that just sucks. I'm sure you two are handling it as well as possible, likely bounced back this morning and ready to take the next necessary steps to moving forward. I would imagine it gets pretty expensive for the couple to keep backing out of deals like this, glad you were compensated for your efforts.

So sorry. As you may remember we had a long hard time selling our home, but in the end all was well and we are free of it. The fall may be a better time to attract someone who wants it as a winter home. Will you leave it with a Realtor over summer?

Sorry to read they backed out, from the pictures you have posted, their lose. Hopefully new buyers will be just around the corner. In the meantime continue to enjoy your time in your beautiful corner of the world.

If you go back home everything can be emailed, faxed and then fly out over for final. There are more foreclosures out here in California than they report, and there are so many people who try to buy homes out here for $700,000 and it falls through because it is difficult to qualify. Income stay flat, high taxes then they have to pay tax supplement by then they foreclose. House that are basically worth at most $120,000, just sayin!

AL'S CAMERA EQUIPMENT

A sometimes asked question readers have about my blog is what kind of a camera do I use. Well I have 8 of them and use them all. Five Nikon DSLR's, two quality Sony point and shoots plus one older Canon point and shoot.

'UPDATE':: July 2017 Thanks to a very generous blog reader I have been able to update my Nikon camera equipment and supplement my camera gear with a couple additional fine Sony cameras as well.I now have a 'donated' Nikon D7200 sporting my new Nikkor 18-300 3.5 zoom lens. Also have picked up a new Nikkor 1.8 primary 35mm lens. In addition I also now have a Sony RX100-3 camera as well as a Sony Exmore Cybershot. I have given my Canon Powershot point and shoot camera to a neighbor.

- In early 2017 I replaced my Nikon D-90 camera with a new D-3400 after the 'auto focus' feature on my aging D-90 quit working. The Nikon D-90 had been my work horse camera sporting a Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens. I used this camera for most of my landscapes and I now have it set up for night photography where 'auto focus' is not necessary.

-My older faithful and favorite Nikon D-40 finally packed it in during the summer of 2015 and I replaced it with a new Nikon D-3100.

- Previous to my Nikon D-90, most of my photos were taken with my old faithful Nikon D-50 from 2006 to early 2011 whereupon the D-50 suffered a rather gruesome death when it fell off a table onto a cement porch in southeastern Arizona. The 70-300mm lens on the camera survived the fall but the D-50 did not. My Nikkor lenses are interchangable between the D-90 the D-3100 and the D-3400.